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body mass index [¦bäd·ē ¦mas ‚in·deks] (medicine) An estimation of the amount of fat stored in adipose tissue that can be calculated by dividing the body weight in kilograms by the square of the height in meters. Abbreviated BMI. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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They found that the 433 lesbians in the study had a higher overall risk for breast cancer because they had fewer pregnancies and greater body mass indices than their heterosexual counterparts," Dibble said. Clinical thermometry has shown prospects in disease diagnosis, while blood pressure monitoring has integrated measurement of body mass indices and energy expenditure. NASDAQ:EPIX) today announced the initiation of a Phase 1 multiple ascending dose clinical trial to study the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics of PRX-07034 administered once-daily for 28 days in a population of otherwise healthy obese adults with body mass indices between 30 and 42 kg/m2. |
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